Prague PRG

Clarion Prague City was my hotel base for 3 nights in October 2018 at 8,000 Choice Privileges points per night and 4 nights in July 2018 for 10,000 points per night. I have stayed in hotels located in Mala Strana, Nove Mesto and Vinohrady areas of Prague. Mala Strana near Prague Castle and Stare Mesto…

Prague Airport MasterCard Lounge Terminal 1 is where I waited for a British Airways 11:20am flight to London LHR on a foggy morning. My plan for 2.5 hour layover in Heathrow with a lounge visit was thwarted by a flight departure delay, so I made use of the time in Prague for last call in…

My day started with opening the curtains of the Clarion Prague City Hotel to see the farmers market stalls outside in the Vinohrady square. The plan was move to Radisson Blu Alcron Hotel in the central Prague Nove Mesto district, then walk back uphill and explore more of the Vinohrady district in places I have…

Oneworld, SkyTeam and Star Alliance have resumed their fare war from California airports LAX, SFO, SJC to Central European cities in Germany, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary at $360 to $450 round trip for travel departures in September and October 2017. These deals were around two weeks ago when I purchased my October ticket…

Oneworld, Skyteam and Star Alliance Airlines have fares in low $400s through their own websites and possibly high $300s from online travel agencies for LAX, SFO, SJC round trip tickets to many cities across Germany, Poland, Austria, Prague and Budapest. These low fares are only for travel through September and October. The fare sale launched…

The French Riviera is my main destination for a trip in October. How I would get there was the puzzle. Last week, I thought I would fly San Francisco to Stockholm, Oslo or Bergen. Two days ago I thought I would fly Norwegian to London. Last night, I purchased a $367 round trip ticket on…

There are low fares to central Europe with a variety of airlines. Some of the lowest fares from Bay Area airports are Budapest, Hungary and Prague, Czech Republic at $350 to $375 round trip using AARP $65 off discount link. Many other cities in Poland and Germany are priced around $410 round trip. Low fares…

A friend who is an infrequent international traveler asked me to look into a trip to Prague Thanksgiving week 2017. An infrequent traveler will likely search for tickets San Francisco SFO and San Jose SJC to Prague. That is my first search too, but only to get a base line ticket price for comparing to…

LOT Polish launches new service to Warsaw in April 2017. There are discount fares as low as $449 LAX to Paris CDG via Warsaw, Poland for some dates in April. Fares to Bucharest, Romania OTP are $499, to Prague, Czechia PRG $549 and Budapest, Hungary BUD $550 round trip. There is also a March 7,…